Portrait of Peter Mettler

Directing

Peter Mettler

Career

Active from 1980 to 2026, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Gambling, Gods and LSD
Gambling, Gods and LSD
GoodWatch score75/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 6 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Peter Mettler Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    1.7, average 4.8
  • Crime
    0.8, average 3.6
  • Romance
    1.2, average 3.8
  • Family Dynamics
    2.5, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 3
  • Sensory Experience 3
  • Psychological Drama 2
  • Philosophical Reflection 2
  • Experimental Documentary 2
  • Visual Poetry 2
  • Canadian Cinema 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

27
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
De temps et d'eau
De temps et d'eau

Sound Recordist

2020s

2 titles
While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts
While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts (2026)

Director

While the Green Grass Grows
While the Green Grass Grows (2025)

Producer, Editor

2010s

4 titles · average score 55
Becoming Animal
Becoming Animal (2018)

Director

Fell in Love with a Girl
Fell in Love with a Girl (2017)

as Narrator (voice)

Traces of the future
Traces of the future (2014)

Director

The End of Time
The End of Time (2012)
GoodWatch score 55

Director of Photography, Editor

2000s

7 titles · average score 71
The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy
The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy (2009)
GoodWatch score 69

as Narrator

Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands (2009)
GoodWatch score 68

Director, Screenplay

Away
Away (2007)

Director

Manufactured Landscapes
Manufactured Landscapes (2006)
GoodWatch score 74

Sound, Director of Photography

The Ring
The Ring (2004)

Director of Photography

Gambling, Gods and LSD
Gambling, Gods and LSD (2002)
GoodWatch score 75

Director, Editor

Krapp's Last Tape
Krapp's Last Tape (2000)
GoodWatch score 72

Director of Photography

1990s

4 titles · average score 69
Elimination Dance
Elimination Dance (1998)

Second Assistant Camera

Balifilm
Balifilm (1997)

Director

Picture of Light
Picture of Light (1994)
GoodWatch score 69

Editor, Music

Tectonic Plates
Tectonic Plates (1992)

Director, Writer

1980s

9 titles · average score 61
The Top of His Head
The Top of His Head (1989)

Editor, Writer

Family Viewing
Family Viewing (1987)
GoodWatch score 59

Director of Photography

Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland
Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland (1987)

Director of Photography

Passion: A Letter in 16mm
Passion: A Letter in 16mm (1985)

Director of Photography

Eastern Avenue
Eastern Avenue (1985)

Cinematography, Editor

Next of Kin
Next of Kin (1984)
GoodWatch score 63

Director of Photography

Scissere
Scissere (1982)

Director of Photography, Sound Editor

Gregory
Gregory (1981)

Director

Lancalot Freely
Lancalot Freely (1980)

Editor, Sound Editor